DISCUSSION: PUB-655 Topic 1 DQ 1 & 2
DISCUSSION: PUB-655 Topic 1 DQ 1 & 2
DISCUSSION: PUB-655 Topic 1 DQ 1 & 2
Topic 1 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Defining international or global health is important and some consider global health synonymous with public health. Select one of the following two statements:
1. Global health is public health requiring similar training and research methods.
2. Global health is a separate discipline requiring specific training and research methods.
Identify at least two arguments that support the selected statement and provide sources to support those arguments. Identify and discuss one historical event that is important in how global health is understood today and how that event supports your argument. For one of your substantive responses, identify another classmate that selected the opposite statement and provide at least one point of agreement and one point of disagreement.
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Topic 1 DQ 2
Assessment Description
Poverty is central to health and development in low-income and middle-income countries. State your definition of poverty prior to studying public health. Based on this definition, what would be the focus of poverty alleviation solutions? Based on the relational and spiritual definition of poverty, discuss how the focus of solutions would change to include a holistic approach. Identify an example of a health program or solution that integrates a relational definition of poverty. Watch the video on “Defining Poverty” to help in responding to this discussion question.
Resources
Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies
Read Chapter 4 in Global Health: Global Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies.
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Looking Ahead to Your Practicum Experience
Read “Looking Ahead to Your Practicum Experience” to prepare you for your final capstone course.
PUB-655-RS-Looking Ahead to Your Practicum Experience.docx
Defining Poverty
Watch the “Defining Poverty” video in the Participatory Community Development playlist, located on YouTube, in preparation for re… Read More
Global Health Is Public Health
Read “Global Health Is Public Health,” by Fried et al., from The Lancet (2010).
https://www-sciencedirect-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0140673610602036?via%3Dihub
About the Chalmers Center
View “About the Chalmers Center” located on The Chalmers Center website.
https://chalmers.org/about/
Global Health Players: Organizations Involved in International Health
Read “Global Health Players: Organizations Involved in International Health,” located on the Global Health Education website.
https://globalhealtheducat